Rita Price

Creating art began very early on in my life, and continued to become a lifelong profession. Born and brought up in New York, I earned my BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and did Master Studies at the University of Illinois in the early 1980s. My images evolved from an intense interest in nature, being drawn to organic shapes and their naturally strange formations. Traveling extensively, many of the images developed from the sketches and photographs taken on location. As years progressed tragic world events affected us all and I felt a deep need to create visual statements, using printmaking techniques as a means of expression. Employing etching and monotype methodology allowed for painterly, spontaneity and excitement as surfaces came alive with organic rightness.